All Australian lawyers are required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) each year. Also referred to as continuing legal education (CLE), the specific rules regarding CPD for lawyers vary between the different jurisdictions, but almost all lawyers are required to earn CPD points in four mandatory competency areas - Ethics CPD, Professional Skills CPD, Practice Management CPD and Substantive Law. LawCPD is committed to providing premium legal CPD for lawyers across Australia. That’s why our platform has an extensive catalogue of interactive online courses in each core competency area, delivering premium CPD for lawyers specialising in different practice areas regardless of their seniority.
To make sure you are CPD compliant, check our state-by-state guide below.
All NSW lawyers must complete mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE), also known as continuing professional development (CPD) each year to maintain their practising certificate. The NSW continuing legal education scheme for solicitors is set out in MCLE Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform CPD Rules 2015.
Lawyers must complete a minimum of 10 legal CPD units each CPD year (1 April – 31 March) and must earn a minimum of one unit from each of the following four mandatory fields:
Under the Law Society of NSW CLE scheme, lawyers can earn 1 legal CPD unit per hour and all 10 legal CPD units each year by completing LawCPD’s online legal CPD courses. This is because LawCPD's courses are classified as an interactive web based program under the CLE rules.
All Victorian lawyers must complete mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) each year to maintain their practising certificate.
Victorian lawyers must complete a minimum of 10 CPD points each CPD year (1 April – 31 March) and must earn a minimum of one point in each of the following four mandatory CPD areas:
Under the Law Institute of Victoria’s CPD for lawyers scheme, lawyers can earn 1 CPD point per hour and all 10 CPD points each year by completing LawCPD’s online legal CPD courses. This is because LawCPD's courses are classified as an interactive web based program under the legal CPD rules.
All Queensland lawyers must complete mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) each year to maintain their practising certificate.
Lawyers must complete a minimum of 10 legal CPD units each CPD year (1 April – 31 March) and must earn a minimum of one unit from each of the following three mandatory fields:
Under the Queensland Law Society’s CPD for lawyers scheme, lawyers can earn 1 CPD point per hour and all 10 CPD points each year by completing LawCPD’s online legal CPD courses. This is because LawCPD's courses are classified as a multimedia or web based program under the legal CPD rules.
LawCPD is an approved QA provider of CPD for the legal profession in Western Australia and is compliant with the new Legal Practice Board CPDMS . LawCPD’s online CPD courses are classified as an interactive electronic activity under the CPD rules.
All Western Australian lawyers must complete mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) each year to maintain their practising certificate.
Under the CPD rules which came into effect on 1 April 2015, WA lawyers must complete a minimum of 10 CPD points each year (1 April to 31 March) , including a minimum of one CPD point in each of the mandatory competency areas listed below:
Under the Legal Profession Rules 2009, WA lawyers can earn 1 CPD point per hour and all 10 CPD points each year by completing LawCPD’s online legal CPD courses. This is because LawCPD’s online courses are classified as an interactive electronic activity under the new CPD rules.
